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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The National Meteorological Center, the government task force responsible for cloud seeding missions in the United Arab Emirates, stated that they…

Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning Wednesday after the eruption of Mount Luang sent volcanic ash thousands of feet into the air. Authorities ordered more than…

They come again with their beady little eyesGeorge Baird/Shutterstock Every spring, billions of cicadas emerge from their underground burrows. Things like this happen so often that…

Ornaments found with burned royal bodies in Mayan temple Dr. Christina T. Halperin About 1,200 years ago, the bones of several royals were burned in a…

Ten years ago, while working as a DJ in Liverpool, England, James Rand would often leave work hearing strange sounds he knew weren't real: high-pitched growls…

Researchers investigate Saudi Arabia's Umm Jirsan lava tube systemPALAEODESERTS project, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Archaeologists have discovered, for the first time, evidence of human habitation inside a…

Illustration of a carcass of Ichthyotitan severnensis washed up on the beachSergey Krasovsky The fossilized remains of an ancient 200 million-year-old ichthyosaur unearthed on the coast…

Driver abandons car after rainstorm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 17Christopher Pike/Bloomberg/Getty Record rainfall has hit the Arabian Peninsula this week, causing flooding in Dubai,…

Hala Point neuromorphic computer is powered by Intel’s Loihi 2 chipIntel Corporation Intel has developed the world’s largest neuromorphic computer, a device that aims to mimic…

Changing the color of crops may make it easier to distinguish between target plants and weedsJohn Martin – Photography/Alamy Common crops such as wheat and corn…

Pessimism is a dirty word in climate policy circles. There are good reasons for this. Especially because while optimism can encourage positive change, assuming the worst…

Forget about megalodons being scary, there’s a new prehistoric creature in town with jaws that may rival Meg’s in power, making it the largest marine reptile…

With more than 5,500 exoplanets detected, the search for life is entering a new era. Astrobiologists from Cornell University and the University of Minnesota have used…

Physicist from CMS cooperation at CERN just published the combination of CMS measurements that helped establish the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012. CMS event…

Brown dwarfs, often referred to as “failed stars,” are a fascinating type of celestial object. They are too large to be considered planets, yet too small…

Bumblebees may be more resilient than previously thoughtAaron Bastin/Alamy A lab error has revealed that hibernating bumblebees can survive for at least seven days even when…

A rogue wave is a single swell that is much higher than nearby waves and can cause damage to ships and coastal infrastructure. Ocean waves are…

An international team of scientists has generated the highest quality reference genome to date for coffee arabica, the world's most popular coffee species (arabica coffee tree).…

Tardigrades can withstand amazing amounts of ionizing radiation, about 1,000 times more lethal than humans. How they do so is not fully understood. In a new…

Pluto's surface is dominated by Sputnik Planitia, a giant pear-shaped basin. Although it appears to be of impact origin, modeling has not yet accounted for its…

Parts of the Middle East were hit by heavy rains on Tuesday, leading to school closures in the United Arab Emirates and flooding at Dubai International…

Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers discovered a nearby binary system of massive stars orbiting a dormant star-derived black hole over a period of 11.6…

This artist's impression shows the orbits of both a massive stellar black hole and its companion starESO/L. Calzada Astronomers have discovered Gaia-BH3, the largest stellar black…

Three new species belong to the extinct genus Kangaroo Protemnodon was a common member of Cenozoic communities in Australia and New Guinea until extinction in the…

Archaeologists from Necmettin Erbakan University have announced the discovery of the world’s oldest known bread, dating from 6600 BC, at the famous Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük…

Invertebrates are highly sensitive to heat stress, so coral health is closely linked to seawater temperature. Corals turn whitish when stressed. release symbiotic algae They live…

Huge mouth of a small nematode Sarah Wiggard and Ralf Sommer / Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen Tiny soil insects called nematodes usually feed on…

Ryan’s will.Klaus Wedfeld/Getty Images Have you ever felt like you’re stuck in a hole? Newsflash: Yes, you are. Astronomers call it a “local hole,” but that’s…

Bull sharks may be vulnerable to cold upwellingMartin Prohaskatz/Shutterstock The upwelling of cold water from the deep ocean to the surface can be deadly to marine…

Aggregates of protein α-synuclein (brown) and antibody (green) Biolution GMBH/Science Photo Library Drugs that target protein accumulations associated with Parkinson's disease may slow the progression of…

In August 2021, ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft bound for Mercury Performed a second flyby of Venus, providing short-term observations of its guided magnetosphere. The spacecraft detected cold…

During sleep, we can sporadically find patterns of neural activity in areas of the bird's brain that are activated during song production. Recently, it was found…

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken photos of NGC 3783, a bright barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. This Hubble image shows…

Research led by Liangxue Lai from China’s Guangzhou Institute of Biomedical and Health Research has successfully extended the survival time of human stem cells in animal…

Do you notice your muscles becoming more rigid and harder to manage as you age? A new ‘Atlas of Aging’ has been developed to explain why…

A lawyer representing O.J. Simpson, who passed away from cancer at the age of 76 last week, announced on Sunday that Simpson’s body will be cremated…

Dinosaurs, in the form of birds, continue to exist today. However, traditional dinosaurs like tyrannosaurus, triceratops, and stegosaurus, are unlikely to evolve again if the climate…

Many of us have a friend or acquaintance who is consistently late, struggling with time management. While it may be a source of humor in social…

On April 8th, a total solar eclipse will occur in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. This type of solar eclipse only occurs when the sun…

One of the most eagerly anticipated sky-watching events in recent years is set to take place on Monday, with a total solar eclipse gracing North American…